Texas Agriculture Code

§ 122.151 — TESTING LABORATORIES

AG § 122.151Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part F. HEMP · Ch. 122. CULTIVATION OF HEMP · Art. D. TESTING

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(a)Subject to Subsection (b), testing under this subchapter or Section 122.053 must be performed by:

(1)the department;

(2)an institution of higher education; or

(3)an independent testing laboratory registered under Section 122.152.

(b)To perform testing under this chapter, a laboratory described by Subsection (a) must be accredited by an independent accreditation body in accordance with International Organization for Standardization ISO/IEC 17025 or a comparable or successor standard.

(c)A license holder shall select a laboratory described by Subsection (a) to perform preharvest or postharvest testing of a sample taken from the license holder's plot. A license holder may not select an independent testing laboratory under Subsection (a)(3) unless the license holder has:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 764 (H.B. 1325), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.